Interviews

1. • SPECIAL FEATURE: Dr. Duru interviewed Kim Fields for THIS official fan site! (December 23, 2011)
   • Kim interviewed with mother Chip Hurd on “Jesus Is the Answer” with Bishop Ernest Johnson (1984)
     
     

1. • Interview with Tom Joyner (vintage video from EbonyJet – Internet Television (no longer available on YouTube as of 7/15/17)

• • Kim Fields interviewed in Essence Magazine (August, 1986)

• • Interview with Melissa Forman on W93.9 WLIT’s morning show (Chicago) for Kim’s appearance in “Vagina Monologues” – 8 minutes (June, 2001).

• • Today’s Black Woman Expo 2002 (2002).

1. • “Uninhibited” – Lee Bailey’s Electronic Urban Report (June 30, 2003)

• • Visiting professor at Edward Waters College (2003-4)

• • JAWN’S JUICE #31 – VOL. ll (Nov 4, 2003)

• • • Kim Fields credits God for career guidance (Jan 9, 2004) – click here to read a saved version of the article.
  • Actress Kim Fields, others help hurricane victims(St. Louis Today, October 2, 2004). Other related articles: Fields does her part for Caribbean (Press Telegram), Actress Kim Fields urges aid for Caribbean (Seattle Pi), Hurricane Tootie? (NY Post)

• • 32nd Governments of the Caribbean State Ball (Jamaica Gleaner, June 10, 2005) – presented the Caribbean Tourism Organisation Award of Excellence to cricket star Sir Vivian Richards.

• • Ron Winans Funeral (Detroit Free Press, June 25, 2005) – Kim made remarks including quipping that she is family and not just an “Industry Friend” as the funeral program indicated.

• • Interview with MovieWeb (February 15, 2006)

• • Newark Black Film Festival (July, 2006) – Kim featured two short films at the New Jersey State Museum: “Bid ‘Em In” and “Discovering Monk and Trane: One Night at Carnegie Hall”

• • Interview on Good Morning Texas in Dallas with surprise appearance by Lisa Welchel
    
    

• • • Interview on Jazz Monthly.com (October, 2007)
  • • Audio interview with CLS Publications (Nov 11, 2007): “This is an interview with Kim Fields talking about her ideas on creativity and how her family history molded and shaped her creative process. She also talks about pregnancy, how to stay creative while you are pregnant and her upcoming children’s project.”
  • • Kim Fields: Motherly Inspiration – an interview posted on June 8, 2008 on ymib.com
  • • My Black is Beautiful (Episode 3) – Hair – group interview, Tasha Smith host
      
      
  • • Kim gives parenting advice on various topics at Nickolodeon Parents Parentsconnect.com: Co-sleeping, organic food, plane travel, travel tips.
  • • Interview with Parade: “I Would Never Divorce Myself from ‘Facts of Life’” (July 14, 2010)
  • • Interview with Brother Jesse (August, 2010)
  • • Interviewed in September, 2010 issue of “Hurt 2 Healing” magazine
  • • Kim interviewed by Black Enterprise (September, 2010): Part 1 and Part 2 – includes video footage of the interview.
  • • Kim interviewed on the Tom Joyner show about Lens On Talent (September, 2010) (mp3 file no longer available as of 7/15/17)
  • • Gospel City talks with Kim Fields (September 29, 2010)
  • • Kim Fields: A Minister in Her Own Right: an interview with the Christian Observer (October, 2010)
  • • Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN) (Nov 9, 2010)
  • • Cocoa Cure Empowerment Series: Kim Fields – A Woman’s Work (Article Alley – Nov 16, 2010)
  • • Kim Fields sits down with Eric Benet and others to talk about the influence of Soul Train. (NoseyTV.com – Nov, 2010)
  • • Interview with rollingout.com: Kim Fields Produces and Directs ‘Holiday Love’ (Nov, 2010)
  • • Kim appeared on the Monique Show on BET (Nov 30, 2010) (start around the 20:20 mark)
  • • Interview on “Praise the Lord” on the Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN), January 25, 2011 (starting around the 1:19:50 mark on the video which is no longer available on the site as of 7/15/17)
  • • A 2011 Untold Stories Award Winner: the Black Women Film Network (awards luncheon in Atlanta, March 11, 2011) (article no longer available on http://www.blackwomenfilm.org/ as of 7/15/17)
  • • LS 1426 Inc Presents “Whose Dreams Are You Following” Tea Party for the “Continuous Love” project, supporting local students in the Tri-County area: June 11, 2011, 1pm, Embassy Suites Hotel 1100 SE 17th Street Causeway, Fort Lauderdale. (article no longer available on http://dailyvenusdiva.com/ as of 7/15/17)
  • • Serena Spates interviews Kim for “The Serene Life”
      
      
  • • Interview in WOW Magazine (May 3, 2011)
  • • Interview with the SOBO Magazine Files (May, 2011) (article no longer available as of 7/15/17)
  • • Kim Fields discusses her many upcoming projects on EURweb with Lee Bailey: “KIM FIELDS PREPS ONE-WOMAN PLAY, TV DRAMAS, MORE” (October 27, 2011)
  • • Q&A with Kim Fields and Mel Jackson: “The 11Eleven11 Project provides a groundbreaking and revolutionary opportunity for aspiring and emergent writers, directors and producers to catapult their careers and become Bonafide Filmmakers” (December 17, 2011)
  • • Kim Fields Interview on Crunk For Christ Radio. December 21, 2011
      
      
  • • Star Connor Interviews Kim Fields On Her Christmas Special “Holiday Love” (December 23, 2011)
  • • Kim Fields on her Holiday Love Christmas special for TV One with Lee Bailey. (December 23, 2011)
  • • Dr. Duru interviews Kim Fields for THIS site! (December 23, 2011)
  • • Kim Fields Is A Woman Of Distinction, interview with Elev8 (February 7, 2012) (Article no longer available on https://elev8.hellobeautiful.com/ as of 7/15/17)
  • • “Kid Stuff” interview in the Directors Guild of America Quarterly (Spring, 2013)
  • • “Catching Up with Kim Fields for the Holidays” – interview on ABC News (November 29, 2013).
  • • “Kim Fields Directs ‘Holiday Love’” – interview with Ebony Magazine (December 2, 2013).
  • • Closer Weekly magazine: appears on the cover of the March 19, 2014 issue. Includes a family photo.
  • • Kim interviewed with Lisa Whelchel for promo of Hallmark Movie “For Better or For Worse” on Good Morning America: July 16, 2014. Also a quick clip of laughing about lessons learned.
      
  • • Wendy Williams interviews Kim Fields about being on Real Housewives of Atlanta (November 5, 2015)
      
  • • Tavis Smiley interviews Kim Fields as she “Reveals Her Fate With The Real Housewives Of Atlanta” (March 21, 2016)
  • • Fox 11 Los Angeles interviews Kim Fields about Dancing with the Stars (April 21, 2016)
      
  • • Fredricka Whitley (CNN Newsroom) interviews Kim Fields to promote the CNN series “The Nineties” (July 8, 2017).
      

      Actress @KimVFields tells CNN’s @FWhitfield about her time on hit 90’s TV show “Living Single” #NinetiesCNN https://t.co/4MJ2ywDMBs

      — CNN Newsroom (@CNNnewsroom) July 8, 2017

  • • Andy Cohen from Watch What Happens Live interviewed Kim: “Kim Fields Looks Past RHOA and Forward to Living Single” (September 24, 2017)
  • • A collection of interviews of Kim for her movie “A Question of Faith”: “Catch Up With Kim As She Hits the Big Screen in “A Question of Faith”!.”
      
      
  • Arthel Neville interviewed Kim on Fox News about her movie “A Question of Faith” (October 8, 2017)
  • Questlove Supreme podcast (December 17, 2019): “Kim Fields drops in to talk about her iconic TV roles, avoiding the pitfalls of childhood celebrity, and so much more!”
  • Interview with Black Enterprise: “KIM FIELDS IS LEARNING THE FACTS OF BUSINESS WITH HER SUCCESSFUL COFFEE COMPANY” – December 10, 2020
    
    

Speaking Engagements and Other Appearances

• • Skit with Mindy Cohn for the Disneyland 30th Anniversary (1985)
  • Keynote speaker at the National Association of Student Councils (1988) (click here for a picture on NASC Facebook page)

• • 4th Annual African-American Leadership Conference : “The Next Millennium: Uniting Leaders to Reclaim Our Communities” (April 9-11, 1997; Northern Illinois University): Guest Speaker

• • Prototypes 5th Annual Black History Month Gala (Feb 6, 1999): Honorary Chair

• • Los Angeles Black Business Expo (Celebrity Autograph Expo and the Entertainment Summit) (Sept 10-12, 1999): featured both Kim and her sister Alexis

• • Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Edward Waters College in Jacksonville, FL (Sept 14, 2003).  Kim also delivered a speech at the convocation.

• • • Summer Slam 2004 at Calvary Temple in Taft, California (July 15, 2004) – guest speaker. Article no longer appears on http://www.taftmidwaydriller.com as of 7/15/17.
  • Fitzgeralds Anniversary Celebration (in honor of Black History Month) (February 24, 2005) – guest speaker and appearance. Article no longer appears at https://lasvegassun.com as of 7/15/17.

• • T.O.P.G.U.N. Millionaire Summit – promoting Noni Juice?

• • 5th annual Florida Black Expo in Jacksonville, FL, September 30, 2006. Kim appeared as a part of the theme “Empowering Women.” Article no longer appears on http://www.firstcoastnews.com/ as of 7/15/17.

• • State Farm Bayou Classic, New Orleans, LA ( Nov, 2008)

• • Co-MC for the 16th annual “Evening Under the Stars”- a benefit for the Michael Hoefflin Foundation for Children’s Cancer, Mann Biomedical Park, Valencia, CA (September 12, 2009). Article no longer appears at https://signalscv.com/ as of 7/15/17.

• • ET reminisces with the grown children involved in the original children’s recording of “We Are the World.” (February 04, 2010). Article no longer appears at http://www.etonline.com/news/ as of 7/15/17.

• • Keynote speaker for The Virginia Black History Month Association, The Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center; Fredericksburg, Virginia (February 27, 2010)

• • Keynote speaker at the One Woman Conference – “Still Standing”, Omni Houston Hotel Galleria, Houston, TX, August 6-7, 2010

• • Speaker at the American Heart Association at the Fairfield Westchester (March 24, 2011) – link contains pictures

• • Presenter at the 42nd GMA Dove Music Awards, Fox Theatre, Atlanta GA (April 24, 2011). Article no longer appears at http://www.watchgmctv.com/ as of 7/15/17.
    
    

• • Actress Kim Fields delivered keynote at Livingstone College for annual fall convocation (September 16, 2011). Article no longer appears at http://www.salisburypost.com/ as of 7/15/17.

• • Kim Fields Acting Gumbo Master Class at The Green Room Actor’s Lounge (Atlanta, GA – September 22, 2011)

• • Yo Gabba Gabba Live Tour in Atlanta with husband and son (November, 2011)
    
    

• • Keynote speaker at Digital Arts and Entertainment Showcase at American InterContinental University in Sandy Springs, GA (December 2, 2011). Article no longer appears at http://www.aiuniv.edu/ as of 7/15/17.

• • Speaker at the National Urban League of Women Conference: “Occupy the Vote: Employment and Education. Empower the Nation.” New Orleans, July 25-28, 2012.

• • Kim delivered the keynote speech at Talladega College for its Black History Month Convocation on February 3, 2016. Download official press release by clicking here.
    
    

• • Kim delivered a keynote address at the Atlanta Ultimate Women’s Expo, Saturday, May 14, 2016 at 2pm.

• • Kim delivered a keynote address at the Dallas/Ft. Worth Ultimate Women’s Expo. Sunday, June 5, 2016 at 1pm.

• • Co-host for the “Mack Is the New Black Fashion Show” on September 10, 2016 at The National Infantry Museum in Columbus, GA.
    

     

    

     

    Mack is the New Black Fashion Show

     

• • Kim addressed “MOMPrenuers” at the 3rd Annual Women on the MOVE Summit on Thursday, September 22, 2016 at Morrow Event Center, 1180 Southlake Circle, Morrow, GA between 9am and 3pm..
    

     

    

     

    Kim addresses MOMPreneurs at the Women on the Move Summit, 2016.

     

• • Special celebrity guest at the Mack Performing Arts Collective (MPAC) Mini Film Festival September 30 to October 1, 2016 at the University of Houston Central Campus.
    

     

    

     

    MPAC Mini Film Festival Promo

     

• • Kim appeared on Dish Nation October 26, 2016

• • Guest with Willie Moore Jr. on a book tour and date night for “Happily after all” at the Gathering Spot; 384 Northyards Blvd NW #190; Atlanta, GA. February 16, 2017.
    

     

    

     

    Kim appears as a guest with Willie Moore Jr to help promote is book on healthy relationships titled “Happily after all.”

     

  • Kim appeared on Steve Harvey’s talk show (November 21, 2017).
    
    
• TV One 25-Year Celebration of Living Single (August 24, 2018)
  

   

  

   

  TV One interviewed some of the original cast of Living Single for a 25-Year anniversary celebration.

   

   

   

   

   

  Coffee, Cocktails, and Conversation; Dallas, Texas, April 6, 2019

   

   

Appearance at the James Brown Museum in Augusta, GA on July 12, 2019, 6pm for a free event.

Keynote Speaker on Oct 13th at the Ultimate Women’s Expo in Phoenix Oct 12-13, 2019.